A visit to the Saint Francis Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the St. Francis Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Francis Cemetery (FG ID #83275).
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the St. Francis Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Francis Cemetery:
45.3215, -95.5833
The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Swift County<2>.
The county seat for Swift County is located in Benson. Benson lies just to the west southwest of the St. Francis Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Francis Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the St. Francis Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Francis Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Erickson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Erickson Cemetery is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erickson Cemetery
- Lake Hazel Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Malachy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Malachy Cemetery is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Malachy Cemetery
- Six Mile Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Molin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Molin Cemetery is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molin Cemetery
- St. Bridget Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Bridget Cemetery is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bridget Cemetery
- St. Pauli Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Pauli Cemetery is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauli Cemetery
- Swift Falls Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Swift Falls Cemetery is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Falls Cemetery
- Ellerson - Mortenson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bethesda Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Frank Lake Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Frank Lake Cemetery is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank Lake Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- West Zion Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The West Zion Cemetery is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Zion Cemetery
- West Bank Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The West Bank Cemetery is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bank Cemetery
- Big Bend Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Big Bend Cemetery is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Zion Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The East Zion Cemetery is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Zion Cemetery
- St. John's Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- The Spring Creek Cemetery is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the St. Francis Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Francis Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Benson
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clontarf
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- De Graff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- De Graff is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Graff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Danvers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Danvers is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Swift Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Murdock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bend City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bend City is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend City
- Kerkhoven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holloway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Holloway is located in Swift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Sunburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sunburg is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- New Prairie ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Starbuck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Milan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cyrus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Appleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Watson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pennock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pennock is located in Kandiyohi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
- Sedan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Long Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Morris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the St. Francis Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Swift County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Francis Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Appleton
- Benson
- Brooten
- Cyrus
- Cyrus lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the St. Francis Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cyrus.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrus
- Glenwood
- Hancock
- Kerkhoven
- Milan
- Montevideo
- Morris
- Murdock
- Raymond
- Starbuck
- Watson
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the St. Francis Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Swift County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the St. Francis Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #83275
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #650582 (Saint Francis Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #650582 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Swift
- Est. Elev: 320 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Benson
- Location given for Saint Francis Cemetery:
- Lat: 45.3213493 Lon: -95.5836456
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Swift, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- St. Francis Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |